Dianna Clark of Bumpus Mills, Tenn., won her second women's Bassmaster Tour event of the season on Saturday. Her 3-day total of 39-09 gave her a 10-pound victory over runner-up Lucy Mize of Arkansas at Lake Dardanelle, Ark.
Clark, a retired U.S. Army staff sergeant and Desert Storm veteran, has won two of the four events conducted so far in the WBT's inaugural season. She also won at Texas' Lewisville Lake in May.
“I wanted to make history, and now I’ve done it,” she said. “On top of winning two, I led on all three days. I’m proud of that.”
The win propelled her from 5th place to the top of the WBT points standings. If she can maintain her lead through the final event Sept. 14-16 at Missouri's Bull Shoals Lake, she'll become the circuit's first Angler of the Year (AOY).
She used a prototype jig (black head, green/black/chartreuse skirt) made by B&M Baits of Albama to catch most of her fish. She employed a Zoom Fat Albert Twin Tail trailer (blue sapphire).
Mize, the wife of Bassmaster Elite Series angler Jimmy Mize, was 2nd with 19-09. Georgia's Paula Alexander was 3rd with 16-08, followed by Colorado's Kelly Shepherd (15-14), Alabama's Kimberlee Striker (13-00) and Georgia's Laura Gober (11-05).
